{"id":322322,"date":"2017-12-26T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T23:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=322322"},"modified":"2017-12-26T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T23:30:57","slug":"diplo-plans-bring-mad-decent-block-party-pakistan-early-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/12\/diplo-plans-bring-mad-decent-block-party-pakistan-early-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplo plans to bring Mad Decent Block Party to Pakistan in early 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/diplo\">Diplo<\/a>&#8216;s long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/mad-decent-block-party\">Mad Decent Block Party<\/a> will break new international ground in 2018, with plans announced to touch down in Pakistan early next year. Since its inception 11 years ago, the event brand has expanded well\u00a0beyond\u00a0its humble Philly street party origins, growing into a <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2014\/04\/mad-decent-block-party-plans-hit-22-cities-summer-early-bird-tickets-sale-now\/\">20+ stop<\/a>\u00a0mini-festival circuit by 2014,\u00a0charting\u00a0a cruise ship the following year, reaching <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/06\/mad-decent-block-party-releases-red-rocks-lineup\/\">Red Rocks<\/a>, and eventually, <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2016\/01\/mad-decent-block-party-heads-india-major-lazer-gorgon-city-big-gigantic\/\">India<\/a> back in 2016.\u00a0The label showcase scaled back down to a tightly curated two-city <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/06\/mad-decent-cuts-block-party-tour-two-stops-10th-anniversary\/\">10th anniversary<\/a> this year, though\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/major-lazer\">Major Lazer<\/a> frontman officially revealed plans to ramp things back up with the Block Party&#8217;s Pakistani debut in February, breaking the news to fans via Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MDBP 18 this February in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adil_Omar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adil_omar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talalqureshi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@talalqureshi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HI4rcrTpd3\">pic.twitter.com\/HI4rcrTpd3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 diplo (@diplo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diplo\/status\/943995881170206721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With MDBP&#8217;s newest stop just over one month away, expect firm dates and a lineup to land very soon. The upcoming event comes almost exactly two years after Diplo&#8217;s first career visit to Pakistan, playing a show alongside Elliphant and local Pakistani musicians\u00a0Adil Omar and\u00a0Talal Qureshi in the country&#8217;s capital, Islamabad. Diplo&#8217;s new venture in the Middle East could also signal\u00a0more exciting news for Mad Decent Block Party&#8217;s stateside edition coming later in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/dance\/8078679\/diplo-mad-decent-block-party-pakistan-2018\"><em>Billboard<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/12\/diplo-chelsea-handler\/\">Watch: Diplo and Chelsea Handler attempt to collaborate in hilariously awkward skit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2015\/07\/prepare-mad-decent-block-party-two-hour-diplo-friends-mix\/\">Prepare for Mad Decent Block Party with a two-hour Diplo and Friends mix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diplo is taking Mad Decent Block Party, now in its 11th year, overseas once again. 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